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234 DISEASES OF TRUE INFECTION. 



in the dog. The chief medicinal agents are quinine, salicylate of 

 soda, antifebrine, and antipyrine. Quinine in small repeated doses 

 is very useful as a filufuge, and also as a bitter tonic particularly 

 in combination with an infantisimal dose of arsenic. The older 

 remedies, (digitalis, veratrum) have been abandoned for some time 

 on account of their direct action on the heart. This is also the 

 case with kairin, thalline, and phenacetin. 



^ y^ R. — Ad. Aisenious 0.05 



/^'2- Quinine Sulphus 1-0 



^ \^ F. M. — Charta et div. pulo. — No. XV. 



*P»T>. •*• j^ Slg.: One powder twice daily. 



"-^^ uAUyv.>^r'^ R.— Antipyrine 1-0 



F. chart No. v. S.— One powder in a little water twice daily. 



R .—Antifebrine 0.5 



Sacchar. alb .1.0 



F. pulv. No. V. S. — One powder twice daily. 



R . — Ferri. et quininae citratis 15.0 



Elixir simplex . 96.0 



S. — One teaspoonful three times daily. 



Good, nutritive food and slight alcoholic stimulants, as a rule, 

 produce good results. These assist in stimulating the digestive 

 powers, preventing loss of tissue, and assist in reducing the tem- 

 perature. Other therapeutic measures will have to be treated as 

 the symptoms arise, and we would refer you to the Diseases of the 

 Nose, Larynx, Bronchia, and Air-passages, also to those of the 

 Stomach and Intestine, and lastly Diseases of Brain, Spinal Cord, 

 and Eyes. As a rule, no treatment should be used for the skin 

 eruption in distemper. If any irregularity arise, however, this 

 maybe treated according to the methods recommended under Dis- 

 eases of the Skin. 



Conjunctivitis is generally treated by a solution of sulphate of 

 zinc (1 to 100), or painting the diseased membranes with a solu- 

 tion of nitrate of silver (1 to 70). This must be followed after- 

 ward by a 1 per cent, solution of chloride of sodium. " Blen- 

 norrhoeaof the eyes" should be treated by bathing the parts with 

 some antiseptic solution, such as creolin (1 to 100); corrosive sub- 

 limate (1 to 2000), or boric acid (1 to 40), or by painting the mucous 

 membrane by means of a camel' s-hair pencil with a 2 per cent, solu- 

 tion of sulphate of copper. Ulceration of the cornea should be 

 treated with a 3 or 4 per cent, solution of boric acid. Parenchy- 



